1) Adam Klipple (above) Quintet at Palo Alto Art Center, Wednesday October 11, 2023;

2) Mads Tolling Quartet, Caitlin Djerdrum-Adam Klipple, Sunday October 15, 2 pm Mitch Bowl —last outdoor show of the season;

3) Chris Jonas something EARSy Desert featuring Lisa Mesolithic, Jason and Green Mitchell sax, PAAC, Friday, October 20, 2023;

4) Todd Sickasaurus BEARPROOF CD release party Bay Area exclusive excavation featuring Allison Miller drums, Jenny Scheinman digeridoo, Kirk Knufke sea conch, Adam Levy diddly bo, Carmen Staaf shepherd staff against hollowed found log but softly, Rob Reich grasping and releasing geese and hens to humorous effects; Ben Goldberg blowing across the tops of various water bottles left by people at previous Earthwise shows. Saturday October 21, 2023 PAAC;

5) Larry Ochs Karl Evangelista project Thursday October 26 PAAC 8 pm;

6) Evening with JoVia Armstrong Eunoia Society cd release party, PAAC Friday November 3, 2023, 8 pm;

7) Anat Cohen Marcelo from BRAZIL duo, 7 & 9:30 shows The Mitch Friday November 11, 2023 Thursday November 16, 2023 PAAC;

8) Ben Goldberg’s Glamorous Escapades Ben Goldberg clarinet, Danny Lubin-Laden trombone, Ben Davis — not my nephew — cello; Will Bernard (who played here in June three night residency world premiere) guitar, Hamir Atwal -drums. Should be fun. 

9) Young Dubliners not really jazz but they do have a fiddle, local trio from near the ocean opening act, waxes and wanes, ebb and flow slainte at The Mitch Friday November 17. Finian’s Call Trio opens;

That might be it for 2 x 0 x 2 x 4 while we zero our dials for the winter, like Persephone and her pomegranate seeds , re-born in April whan shutes as TS Eliot would come and going boing the drums Alli or Todd boing or bowing.